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HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam – Workers hung red national flags and set out blue Pepsi machines Friday ahead of celebrations for the 30th anniversary of the Vietnam War’s (search) end, but the prime minister warned against letting memories of victory overshadow the country’s economic problems. In Hanoi, Premier Phan …

DETROIT – Retired Ford Motor Co. Chairman Alex Trotman (search), who spearheaded a $5 billion restructuring to restore the automaker to profitability in the 1990s, has died. He was 71. Trotman died Monday after a brief illness in Yorkshire in his native England, Ford said in a news release. The …

TULSA, Okla. – Freshman Sen. Tom Coburn (search) will go ahead with his fight to retain his medical practice while serving in Congress, even though the Senate Ethics Committee has rejected his request. “No, I am not going to close my medical practice,” Coburn, R-Okla., said Tuesday. “I am going …